Left to Right: Steven Yeun in "Nope," the alien in Steven Spielberg's "E.T." and Scarlett Johansson in "Under the Skin" (Universal Pictures / A24) It didn’t take long for stories about extraterrestrials to reach our cinemas. George Méliès “A Trip to ...

So if you’re needing your alien fix this week, here are the five best alien movies worth adding to your Netflix watchlist. It only makes sense to start off this list with an actual alien invasion flick.

As the Alien franchise heads into new territory -- both thematically and format..ily -- with the TV series Alien: Earth, we're Weylin' our Yutanis at the seven Xeno-movies that have landed in theaters. Yes, we're gonna rank them all from worst to best ...